Fly-catcher.



E. S. DAY.

FLY GATCHBR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 1, 1913.

Patented Nov. 24, 1914.

THE NORRIS PETERS CO PHOTO LITHOH WASHINGIDN D C.

snares PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD S. DAY, OF EAST BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

FLY-CATGI-IER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 24, 1914.

Application filed May 1, 1913. Serial No. 764,780.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, EDWARD S. DAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at East Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fly- Catchers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as Will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to lly catchers, and more particularly to fly catchers in which the flies are caught upon an adhesive coated paper.

The object of the present invention is to provide a cheap and eii'ective fly catcher in which a hollow collapsible paper body is eX-- panded and securely held upon a saucer-like holder.

lVith the above object in view, the present invention consists in the fly catcher hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, which illustrate the preferred embodiment of the invention, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the fly catcher; Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the lower part of the paper body and the holder; and Fig. 3 is a plan view of the paper body collapsed for packing.

In the illustrated embodiment of the present invention, the flies are caught upon the surface of the paper body 1 which is coated with an adhesive and which has, when expanded, the shape of a four-sided truncated pyramid. This paper body is formed of a single sheet of paper having its edges stuck together at 2 and folded into the pyramidal shape. These adhesive coated paper pyramids, when they are packed for shippin are folded flat, as shown in Fig. 3, so that a large number of them can be packed in a comparatively small box. In the four sides of the paper pyramid near the bottom edge are holes 3, and in two opposite sides of the pyramid near the top edge are holes 4. The paper pyramid 1 is held expanded by means of a square sheet-metal saucer-like holder 5 which has an upturned rim 6 and an ele' vated central portion 7, which forms with the upturned rim 6, a trough 8 into which the bottom edge of the paper fits. The holders 5 are very cheap to manufacture since they are stamped by means of dies from a single piece of sheet metal, and the tongues 9 are cut from the metal sheet itself. Pointed tongues J are stamped out of the inside wall of the trough 8 and project laterally from the elevated central portion 7 through the holes 3 in the bottom of the paper pyramid to hold the holder 5 and the pyramid 1 together. The holder 5 also forms a protecting stand so that the sticky fly catcher may be set down without damage to the article upon which it is placed. A wire bail 10 received through holes 4 for suspending the fly catcher.

To attach the tubular paper body to the base, it is simply necessary to unfold it until its shape is approximately rectangular in cross section and then press the lower end of the tubular body down over the part 7 of the base. As the end of the tube slips down over the enlargement 7, the lower edges of its side walls will su'lliciently flex outwardly to slip down over the hooks 9 and cause said hooks to engage the openings 3 and thus lock the paper tube to the saucerlilce base. \Vhen it is desired to remove the tube and replace it with a new one, it is simply pulled off the base with suflicient force to cause the hooks to tear the walls of the paper tube between the holes or eyelets 3 and the lower edge of the tube. It will be seen, therefore, that the ready means I provide for attaching and detaching the tubes as well as the cheapness of the tube will enable me to supply a large number of tubes for use on a single base; and to further increase the commercial value of my device the paper tube may be of the collapsible variety, since the base saucer is adapted to hold the tube against collapsing when it attached thereto. It will be seen also that it is important that the wall or walls of the tubular body shall be sutliciently stiff to be self-sustaining, so as to thereby be supported in an upright and expanded position within the saucer solely by the saucer.

The present invention is not limited to its illustnated embodiment, but may be embodied in other constructions within the scope of the invention as set forth in the following claim A fly catcher having, in combination, a hollow tubular paper body coated exteriorly with an adhesive and having a plurality of spaced holes near its lower edge, and a saufrom its lower edge, these tongues extending cerlike holder having an upturned rim and through the holes in "the paper body, for an elevated central portion fitting Within the purposes set forth.

the open bottom of the paper body, and a EDWARD S. DAY. plurality of tongues projecting outwardly Witnesses: and downwardly from the walls of said ele- G150. E. STEBBINS, vated central portion at points a distance MIRIAM CLEMENT.

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Washington, D. C. 

